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[lesliepear]

It's Friday.

Ended up ordering a menorah from the Judaica shop in the next town over to be sent to the school. That way it would get there in time for Chanuka on Tuesday as I have no time to run all over for one. Ordered some chocolate from Wilbur Chocolate for a gift too (I wish they would have on-line ordering) - if you are ever in the the PA Dutch Country, visit their factory in Liditz (yes, they have samples!)

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[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

visit their factory in Liditz (yes, they have samples!)


Ooooh...I will definitely have to do that and take the boys the next time I go up.

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

There is also a pretzel factory in Liditz and a really nice playground in the park next to the chocolate factory (there was an art fair going on there that day).

We had a good time visiting there this June, and hope to back again when Alan's older and perhaps take him to Hershey.

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

*grin*

My kids love Hershey. They go to the big antique car show there with the ex and his folks.

Of course, Liam calls it "Hershey Kisses."

[moobabe.livejournal.com]

Ooh, free samples of chocolate. I'm near enough to PA Dutch country for a day trip, so maybe we'll have to try that in the spring or something.

Also--I figured, heck, you'd know this one. We're getting some new decorations for the house for the holiday season. Dave's kind of Christian and I'm Unitarian in the "well, gee, I don't really know WHAT religion works for me" sense. I wanted to get a nativity set that Hannah could play with, mainly because I had one when I was a kid. But... well, I'm not Christian, really, and I'd like to get something from the Jewish tradition as well. Our fellowship does a great job of exposing the kids to a bunch of cultures in RE, but if I only have Christian stuff at home, that's probably going to be her focus, y'know? So do you have any thoughts? A dreidel? Maybe an electric menorah? We plan to get books and such talking about various holidays, too--just not tomorrow. ;)

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[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I'd go for the electric menorah, but if you can't find that a dreidle would do.

I wouldn't do a lit candle menorah. My mom had a bad experience setting a kitchen curtain on fire with one :(

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[moobabe.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I was definitely planning on electric. Hannah really likes light, and I think that combining her and fire would really be a bad idea. ;)

I'm going to get in touch with a Hillel group at the local university to see if they can recommend where to get one, as Newark's just about guaranteed to have a bigger Jewish population than Elkton has. ;) I'm also going to ask them about books about Judaism for the toddler/preschool set, but if you've got any recommendations, I'd love to hear them. :)

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[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I did a list at bn.com on toddler/preschool chanuka (because barnes and noble has free same day delivery in NYC).

I ordered my electric menorah from the judiaca shop in a nearby town because it was so close to chanuka and it would be fast to ship. It's there now, I actually have to find them instructions on how to light it - right to left, but the lights (candles) for each day are lit left to right. The top one's always lit.

www.jewishsource.com is a good starting point.